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Production of α-amylase by yeasts and yeast-like organisms

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Of a total of 177 strains of yeasts and yeast-like organisms only 8 were capable of producing α-amylase; most strains were able to utilize 1,4-α-D-glucans by means of enzymes acting on the nonredueing ends of the outer glucan chains.

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  1. Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 809 33, Bratislava

    J. Augustín, J. Zemek, A. Kocková-Kratochvílová & L’. Kuniak

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Augustín, J., Zemek, J., Kocková-Kratochvílová, A. et al. Production of α-amylase by yeasts and yeast-like organisms. Folia Microbiol 23, 353–361 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02876434

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